From owner-cvs-all Wed Aug 15 8:16: 1 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from aldan.algebra.com (aldan.algebra.com [216.254.65.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4C9D37B41A; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:15:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mi@aldan.algebra.com) Received: (from mi@localhost) by aldan.algebra.com (8.11.5/8.11.5) id f7FFEL419837; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:14:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi) Message-Id: <200108151514.f7FFEL419837@aldan.algebra.com> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:12:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf To: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie In-Reply-To: <20010815123315.A35365@walton.maths.tcd.ie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 15 Aug, David Malone wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:33:17PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: >> On 14 Aug, Robert Watson wrote: >> > All of these programs do involve risk, syslogd possibly a fair >> > amount less so, and I'd be open to discussing how to disable them >> > but minimize impact from an administrative standpoint. >> BTW, how hard is it to make syslogd run as nobody? Perhaps, >> nobody:operator? Does it have to be root? > It could possibly change to another uid after it had made it's sockets > (port 514 and /var/run/log), connected to /dev/klog and opened all the > log files. It would have to change back again if you HUPed it though. Just like bind?.. Ok. -- |\__-----__/| _____/ ::::: :::\_____ '__--( ::::::::..::)--__` -mi If you have a / _- \/ :::::::\/ -_ serious knowledge / / :. .::::\ \ about computers -- | ::::::::::::| Ok, let's say you broke keep it in a secret! _|/ ::::____::\|_ the wall with your head "Rules of dating", / /:::::/:_::\::\:.\ What are you going to 'Playboy', ? 1994 | :| ..:(_/ \::|::|::| do in the next cell? | :|:::::. ::|: |::|.:| Stanislaw J. Lec \ |:: :::_/::/: :|:/ ((___\____\____/___/___)) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message